Watering-trough.



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BERNARD HASMAN, JR., 0F LINDSAY, NEBRASKA.

WATEEING-TBQGH.

Application tiled August 17, 1910. Serial No. 577,720.

containing drinking water for hogs.

My invention has for its principal object the provision of a trough of simple and durable construction having a scraping blade attached thereto to scrape the mud from the snout and neck of the animal as the head isextended into the trough thus preventing the water from becoming dirty.

Y A further object of the invention is to irovide means for lautomatically replenishing the trough and to cut otlthe water sup y plyv thereto thereby obviatiiig its overliow.

the plates 9' and 10 into which water tlows With these and other objects in view, theV invention consists of the novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical section of a watering trough constructed in accordance with my invention Fig. 2 is a top plan View; and Fig. 3 isan enlarged detail section of the valveand float.

Referring more particularly to the drawing 5 indicates a water supply tank or vessel, and 6- my improved watering trough which is arranged exterioi'ly at the base and closely adjacent to said tank.

As illustratedin Fig. 2, in the preferred embodimentv of the invention, the trough'is substantially semi-circular in plan and comprises a ba-se'7 and a rear wall 8 rising from said 4base and disposed parallel to and against one side of the supply vessel 5. The front wall 9 of the trough is secured to the semicircular front ed e of the base 7 and is of less height than t e rear wall 8. A second v ysemi-circular wall 10 is arranged in concover plate 11 is removably arrangtd upon the -upper edges of the walls 8 and 10. A water space 11 is thus provided between through a plurality of opening` 10 in the wall 10 from the float chamber 12. In this float chamber the semi-circular float 18 is arranged, the edges otl which are parallel to the walls8 and 10. A water supply pipe 14 extends through the wall of the tank or vessel 5 and the rear wall 8 of the trough. The outer end of this supply pipe has a casing 15` formed thereon in which the rotary valve member 1G is disposed. member is provided with a port. 16' which is adapted to aline with the bore ot' the pipe 14 upon opposite sides of the valve casing to permit thc How of water from the supply tank through the valve and into thc float chamber.

in its smaller end which extends through one side ot'the casing 15, a screw 1T the head of which engages a washer 18 which is of greater diameter than the end of the valve member 1G and `is engaged upon the same.

T o the other end-oii the valve member one lopening in the end of the arm 19. Thus the arm and link may be easily and quickly disconnected to adjust said aim on the link. The Hoat 13 has secured thereto adjacent to each of its ends a hinge plate 22 which is hinged upona pintle mounted in bearings 23 secured to the rear wall of the trough.

From the above description takensin connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that asthe height of the water in the trough gradually diminishes, the lioat 13 will lower in the chamber 21 and through the medium of the arm 19, the valve member 16 will be rotated until its port 16 is alined with the bore of the supply pipe 14. The water '1in the trough is thus automatically replenished so that the saine never becomes entirely emptied. The reverse action takes place as the water rises in the trough, the float 13 moving upwardly in the chamber 12 to turn the valve member'lG and angularly position its port with relation to the bore of the supply pipe, thus cutting oif the l T he rotary valve member 1G is of the usual conical form and has threaded speciacaaon of Lettersrafent. Patented Nov, 29, 1910, y

This valve This link u nder side o 24 is secured by means of suitable bolts or other analogousy fastening devices 25. As

` shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings this scraping blade or late ,is adapted to enga e the f) the hogs snout or nec( and remove the dirt, mud and other filth therefrom so that the same will not be deposited in the water as the animal extends its head overfthe upper edge lof the wall 9. The waandl similar live stock, it may be also utilized v arrange -wall to form a chamber, in comblnation with for'the Watering of -foWls, and whileI have above described the several specific features embodled in 'its construction, it will be underst'ood that the device -is susceptible of a great many minor modifications without 'departing from the essential feature or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is 1. A'watering trou h of the character described comprising a ase, a rearwall rising from the base, parallelspaced walls arranged on said base and en aging at their v ends with the rear wall, sai parallel walls providing a Water space between them, one of said walls having a plurality of water outlet o enings therein, a removable plate d) upon the latter wall and' the rear a water supply pipe extending into said chamber having a valve therein, and a float in, said chamber connected to saidvalve to actuate the same and control the water y suppl 2. trough of the character described comprising' a base, front and rear walls rising therefrom, any intermediate wall arranged on the base in arallel relation to the front wall, said wall avin a plurality of openings therein, a remova le cover plate on the intermediate and rear walls to provide a chamber between them, a scra ing plate secured to the upper edge of the ront wall, in combination with awater supply pipe extending through the rear wall from a suitable source of water supply and having a valve in its end, and a float in said chamber hinged to the rear wall and connected to said valve to actuate the same and control the water sup ly.

3.V The combination with a supply ipe, of atrough arranged closely adjacent t ereto and comprising front and rear Walls,said front. wall vbeing of less height than the ear wall, an intermediate wall arranged nearest to the front wall and of the same height as the rear wall, said intermediate wall having a plurality of openings therein, a cover (plate removably arranged upon the interme iate and rear walls to orm a chamber between them, a scraping blade secured to the upper edge of the front wall throughout its len h, a water sulpply pipe extending throug the rear wal and through the wall of the supply tank, and means for automatically controlling the supply of Water from said tank to the chamber.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

f BEN HASMAN, JR. Witnesses:

WVM. HASMAN, ED. S'rmLEY. 

